Increasingly used by members of government and citizens on both sides of the political spectrum, the term is now a staple in debates regarding freedom of the press, corruption, and media bias. Just nine percent of adults said that they did not believe that fake news stories were being reported online.Ĭoined by Donald Trump, the term ‘fake news’ is used to describe news stories or even entire networks believed to be spreading false information. Another 34 percent of respondents stated that they believed that online news websites occasionally report fake news stories.
As of March of 2018, around 52 percent of Americans felt that online news websites regularly report fake news stories in the United States.
